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Real numbers having ultimately periodic representations in abstract numeration systems

Computational Complexity 2007-05-23 v1 Computation and Language

Abstract

Using a genealogically ordered infinite regular language, we know how to represent an interval of R. Numbers having an ultimately periodic representation play a special role in classical numeration systems. The aim of this paper is to characterize the numbers having an ultimately periodic representation in generalized systems built on a regular language. The syntactical properties of these words are also investigated. Finally, we show the equivalence of the classical "theta"-expansions with our generalized representations in some special case related to a Pisot number "theta".

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@article{arxiv.cs/0212018,
  title  = {Real numbers having ultimately periodic representations in abstract numeration systems},
  author = {P. Lecomte and M. Rigo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0212018},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages, 10 figures

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